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Intense heat has crews working overtime

High temperatures Monday kept the splash pad full and makes the air conditioning important. Heating and cooling companies are working around the clock to keep air conditioning units functioning properly.

High temperatures Monday kept the splash pad full and makes the air conditioning important. Heating and cooling companies are working around the clock to keep air conditioning units functioning properly.

Updated: 5:36 PM CDT Jul 21, 2014

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Intense heat has crews working overtime

High temperatures Monday kept the splash pad full and makes the air conditioning important. Heating and cooling companies are working around the clock to keep air conditioning units functioning properly.

WEBVTT HEAT THIS INTENSE MEANS YOUR A-C UNIT IS GOING TO GET A WORKOUT THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. BUT IF IT HASN'T BEEN CLEANED LATELY...IT COULD BREAK DOWN. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S KYLE GRAVLIN IS LIVE. YES...AND NOT ENJOYING ANY AIR-CONDITIONING AT THE MOMENT...BUT YOU COULD DO WORSE THAN THE SPLASH PAD HERE AT STINSON PARK. WHICH HAS BEEN A POPULAR SPOT ALL DAY. HOWEVER...NOT EVERYONE TODAY WEATHER THIS HOT KEEPS HEATING AND COOLING COMPANIES WORKING 'ROUND THE CLOCK. EVEN ON THE SHADED LINKS AT ELMWOOD PARK... IT WAS EASY TO BREAK A SWEAT MONDAY MORNING.(don Jones: Well for old people...we're doing very well.) ABOUT AS EASY AS IT WAS FOR ROBERT WELLS TO BREAK PAR ON THE BACK NINE.(robert Wells: They just told me I had three pars in a row...so that helps.) BUT NOT EVERYONE IS A GOLFER... A SPLASHPAD IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA ON A HOT DAY. ...BOTH FOR THE CHILDREN...AND THE PARENTS. (Steve: Most parents try to be out before noon...after noon... forget it!) THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE áWORKING TO KEEP YOU COOL.(Marcus: Tonight we have technicians running until knows how bad it will get.) MARCUS RICHARDSON IS OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR FRED'S HEATING AND AIR. HE SAYS IF YOUR A-C UNIT HASN'T BEEN BE IN TROUBLE.(Marcus: One of the biggest things we run into with folks that we go see on "no cooling" calls this year would be filters ...people forget about it...kind of "out of sight...out of mind.") THAT WAS THE FIRST THING TECHNICIAN BEN BRAMMER CHECKED ON IN THIS MILLARD HOME. BUT THE ISSUES HE RAN INTO WERE ACTUALLY OUTSIDE.(Ben: cotton...dirt...and it's all packed in the coil.) DEBRIS CAN RESTRICT THE AIR FLOW ...WHICH THEN REDUCES YOUR SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE. (Ben: This will make a áhugeá difference.) OF COURSE...NOT EVERY CALL WILL BE THIS ROUTINE THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. BUT RICHARDSON SAYS...HIS CREWS ARE READY.(Marcus: It's our time of year to make hay...and solve peoples' problems.) MARCUS RICHARDSON WITH FRED'S HEATING AND AIR ALSO SAYING THE BEST TIME OF YEAR TO GET A CENTRAL AIR UNIT CHECKED IS ACTUALLY THE FALL OR SPRING...THAT WAY THEY'LL BE PROPERLY PREPARED WHEN THE EXTREME HEAT OR COLD HITS. STILL INCREDIBLY HOT HERE IN AKSARBEN VILLAGE...GOING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ROOM TO COOL OFF ON THE SPLASHPAD. WE'RE LIVE TONIGHT AT STINSON PARK. KYLE GRAVLIN...KETV